La geografia al tempo della crisi: territorial rigor vs spatial austerity

Taking inspiration from the ideas of A. Pettifor (2006), A. Rodriguez-Pose (2010), M. Kitson, R. Martin and P. Tyler (2011), the section analyses and discusses the so defined Geographies of Austerity in front of the current crisis. The resulting critical considerations suggest to adopt rigorous measures rather than austerity measures, in order to not invalidate the development efforts implemented by states and regions in Europe. Discussions are also directed to that part of the European and Italian economic and political Geography that used traditional tools to read economic trends in a strongly territorialized key. These considerations are discussed to investigate the causes which hindered to take significant preventive measures, as in Italy.